“It did make me feel tougher,” J.Lo tells V Magazine of the cross-gender shoot, photographed by Mario Testino. “I know how to fight!” she adds. “I can take a lot of punches and still keep going.”

The same can be said for her personal life, which has been under a lot of scrutiny since she and Marc filed for divorce last summer. But the parents to twins Max and Emme are moving on with their lives and looking forward to their futures, which will obviously always involve each other.

“I mean, we’re parents and friends first,” she says of Marc. “That will be the thread that ties us together. I don’t know if people expect it to be negative just because the [intimate] relationship didn’t work out.”